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Obviously if you were using a RIM system to recirculate the water it would make sense to add the grain first, but if you were going to stir the crap out of the mash anyway to get the grain and water incorporated together why would it matter which you added first?

I'm just going with what i've read. But i also fly sparge, so that could be why my views differ.

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Posted by BugAC

St. George

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Posted on 1/7/13 at 9:27 am to BugAC

Question: Upon re reading the post, I may have been thinking of mashing in, not sparging. But i have a question about that. If you have already mashed, and you are going to sparge. Why would you add your grain to the sparge?

Maybe it's difference in systems used. I use 2 10 gallon water coolers and i fly sparge, so maybe i only really have the one option to add sparge water to the grain. But it seems, to me, that you want to keep a liquid bed of water on top of your grains at all times. This is from what i've done in the past and everything i've read.

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Posted by s14suspense

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Posted on 1/7/13 at 9:31 am to BugAC

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Question: Upon re reading the post, I may have been thinking of mashing in, not sparging. But i have a question about that. If you have already mashed, and you are going to sparge. Why would you add your grain to the sparge?

I'm talking about mashing in by adding my grains to my cooler full of water.

Then sparge with another 4 gallons after I've drained my initial mash water.

This post was edited on 1/7/13 at 9:34 am

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